Denzel — #1033 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Denzel

The Social Security Administration has registered 11,562 babies named Denzel between 1906 and 2024, spanning 119 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Denzel currently holds the #1033 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 864 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Denzel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 5,453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Denzel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,183 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Denzel in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Denzel in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 11,562 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.